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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs wrote off		$ 2,589,000	$ 2,589,000
Senior Secured Term Loan B [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
Debt instrument, applicable margin	4.25%		4.25%
Borrowings	$ 545,000,000	$ 545,000,000	$ 545,000,000	$ 575,000,000
New Senior Credit Facilities [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior secured revolving credit facility current borrowing capacity	100,000,000	100,000,000	100,000,000
Senior secured revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	133,000,000	133,000,000	133,000,000
Debt threshold limit	30,000,000	30,000,000	30,000,000
Debt threshold limit after amendment	$ 39,900,000	39,900,000	39,900,000
Percentage of borrowings under line of credit facility to be exceeded aggregate commitments to maintain net leverage ratio	30.00%
Debt issuance costs	$ 3,700,000	$ 3,700,000	$ 3,700,000
Debt issuance costs wrote off	$ 2,600,000
French Safeguard [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
French Safeguard Obligations	$ 496,000	$ 496,000	$ 496,000		$ 2,000,000
Current maturities of French Safeguard obligations	100,000	100,000	100,000
Noncurrent maturities of French Safeguard obligations	$ 400,000	$ 400,000	$ 400,000
Minimum [Member] \| Senior Secured Term Loan B [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
Minimum [Member] \| French Safeguard [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Creditor's claim period			10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Brazilian [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lines of credit annual interest rate			2.50%
Minimum [Member] \| Chinese [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lines of credit annual interest rate			1.35%
Maximum [Member] \| Brazilian [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lines of credit annual interest rate			9.10%
Maximum [Member] \| Chinese [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Lines of credit annual interest rate			4.88%